[Intro]
[syncopated electric bass, clean electric guitar, rimshot on backbeat, shaker]
(Ooh, oh)
(No, oh)
[Verse 1]
[male lead vocals, acoustic piano enters]
Arete laye, te laye, ye tšhama
Are sepe laye, are tšhama
[choir enters with harmony]
Are tšhama, are tšhama
Baswari kahle, ba re kahle
Ditšwala ke ba re bara
[Chorus]
[full band, driving rhythm]
(Awu!)
Tšintšiya le dineo
Tšela bulega
[choir response]
Bulega ditšhela
Tata ko pahu wena
Ba re le ba feditše kanna
Kanti Modimo o ba šebile
Aya oyo
Ahu fihla dilo tša go loka
[Verse 2]
[bass and drums continue, piano staccato chords]
Ke tšhepile wena Morena
Ke khunama ka rapela
Ke re tlatša ka tše di hlotše
Bophelo ke nwa bo nyaka pelo e taga le tumelo
(Aya hu!)
(Inyo!)
[Bridge]
[choir unison, heavy tambourine]
Are wela Morena
Bophelo bo monate
Ke re tšamaya ka tsela ya nnete
[lead vocal ad-libs]
(Tšhelele o me...)
(I wish nka be o le teng)
(Bophelo bo monate)
(Re phela re thabile)
(Ke lethabo go ba le dineo)
(E ka ba le bitšo la ka le teng)
(La bitšola, la bitšola ka...)